Domestic medicine. Or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines; with observations on sea-bathing, and the use of the mineral waters to which is annexed, a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / From the 22d English ed., with considerable additions and notes.

  • Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Date:
1828
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Credit: Domestic medicine. Or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines; with observations on sea-bathing, and the use of the mineral waters to which is annexed, a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / From the 22d English ed., with considerable additions and notes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ii ] A LIST OF THE \ Names. Properties. Doses. een. Demulcent. k'ser.. to “:4e dr} Acid, the acetous - - - Refrigerant, &c. I gers» 22 cdr: ——,muriatic - - - - Antiseptic, &c. 10 drps. - 40 drops. ——, nitrous, diluted - - Tonic, Febrifuge, &c. 15 drps. - 40 drps. , vitriolic, diluted - - ‘Tonic, Antiseptic. 15 drps. - 40 drps. f&ther, vitriolic - - Anodyne. 30 drps. - 2 drs. fEthiop’s mineral ‘- - - Alterative. 10 grs. - 30 grs. Agaric, used externally as a styptic, to staunch blood. Aloes eee, - - - Emenagogue, &c. 5 grs. - 30 grs. Alum ectiys =f us - Astringent. 6 grs. - 20 grs. ,burned -— - - - Escharotic, &c. 3 grs. - 12 grs. Amber, prepared - + = Antispasmodic. 4dr. - 1dr. Ammoniac, gum > - - Expectorant. 5 grs. - 30 grs. ——_—,, milk of : - Expectorant, OZ. See Bagge Angelica, the root powdered - Stimulant, &c. dr - 1d ar. Anise, the seeds - - - Carminative. 10 ers. = Ad. Antimony, crude - - - » Febrifuge, &c. 10 ors. “Pees har, ——, calcined - - Febrifuge. 1 sericea OL. ——,cinnabar of - - Diaphoretic.: 10 grs. - 12 ser. ————,, glass of - - Emetic, never used. gr. - 2 grs. ——, tartarized - - Emetic. gr. - 4 grs. ¢ Emenagogue, Expecto- Asafetida, - - . - rant, and Antipas grs. - & dr. r modic. —,milkof - - - Antispasmodic, &c. &. OZ, -oemeomn sh 02. Asarum, - - . - - Emetic and Errhine. 3grs. - 65 grs. Balsam of capivi - - + Diuretic, &c. 20 drps. - 60 drps. -Canadian - - ~- Diuretic, &c. 4scr. - § dr. - of Peru - - = Expectorant, Stimulant. -- = - of Tolu - + + Stimulant, Expectorant. 15 grs. - 2 sers Bark, cascarilla -« - = Tonic, &c. 10 grs. - 1 dr. — , Peruvian, powder of - Tonic. 1 scr =) mare: \Bear’s foot, powder of the leaves Narcotic. 10 grs. - 20 gre. — Benzoin, resin of, not employed internally, and principally for obtaining Benzoic acid. Bistort, powder of the root - Astringent. 1 scr. -- dr. Blessed Thistle - - - Tonic, Emetic. 10 grs. - I dr. juice of qenpraseed ‘ - The same. 2 drs. - ~. 02. Bole, Armenian - - - Astringent. 10 grs. + 2 drs. ,French -| ~- .- + The same. ibe = Borax, rarely used internally - Detergent. , 10 grs. © - 40 grs. Broom, ashes of the tops - - Diuretic. rscry. =... 230. Burdock, powder of the root - Sudorific, &c. 10 grs. - I dr. Calamine stone, levigated, used externally in Turner’s cerate. Crlomel MMT nt Alterative. J grees 3 reas itiuomae y Purgative. 3 grs, - 12 grs, od